Gerald Ford actually said...

The United States of America and the Soviet Union reaffirmed their determination to develop further their relations in the direction defined by the fundamental joint decisions and basic treaties and agreements concluded between the two States in recent years.

Context

Joint Communique Following Discussions With General Secretary Brezhnev of the Soviet Union

11/23/1974

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